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In the Galactic Roman Empire, eight noble houses fight for power. One gladiator fights for justice. This is Wolf's Empire: Gladiator, by Claudia Christian's and Morgan Grant Buchanan.When her mother and brother are murdered, young noblewoman Accala Viridius cries out for vengeance. But the empire is being torn apart by a galactic civil war, and her demands fall on deaf ears. Undeterred, Accala sacrifices privilege and status to train as a common gladiator. Mastering the one weapon available to her -- a razor-sharp discus that always returns when thrown--she enters the deadly imperial games, the only arena where she can face her enemies. But Fortune's wheel grants Accala no favors -- the emperor decrees that the games will be used to settle the civil war, the indigenous lifeforms of the arena-world are staging a violent revolt, and Accala finds herself drugged, cast into slavery and forced to fight on the side of the men she set out to kill. Set in a future Rome that never fell, but instead expanded to become a galaxy-spanning empire, Accala's struggle to survive and exact her revenge will take her on a dark journey that will cost her more than she ever imagined.
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Claudia Christian BIOhttp://claudiachristian.net/http://www.babylonconfidential.com/For Claudia's Emma Bradford ebook go to:http://xynobooks.com/2011/09/emma-bradford-mystery-queen-tut/"I guess you could say I'm the ultimate hyphen," laughs Claudia Christian. "I'm an actress - writer - singer - songwriter - director - producer - voice over artist - chef - and I'm sure there's a few more monikers I'm forgetting!"She landed her first TV series at 18 on NBC's nighttime drama Berringers and her first studio feature at 20 playing a male alien trapped in a stripper's body in New Line Cinema's cult hit "The Hidden." Claudia went on to star in studio pictures such as Clean and Sober with Morgan Freeman and Michael Keaton and Hexed, a Columbia Pictures black comedy that Christian counts as one of her favorite roles. Over 50 films and hundreds of TV shows later, Claudia has worked with George Clooney, Sharon Stone,, Charlie Sheen, Nicolas Cage and countless other luminaries. In addition to her acting credits Claudia has made 5 albums with acts such as the Award-winning band "Bubble" to her Babylon 5 costar Bill Mumy. She has also provided the voice for Helga Sinclair in Disney's feature film "Atlantis" and was the voice of Jaguar cars for many years. She has also won the golden head set award for her portrayal of Anne Manx in the award winning series of audio books. She has provided voice matches for Jennifer Saunders in the Shrek games and has given voice to many more characters in games, features and cartoons.Claudia moved to London in 2005 and immediately was cast in the BBC comedy Broken News. She also starred in the independent Sci-Fi comedy series STAR HYKE. In August of 2006, Claudia debuted on stage in her first UK play, "Killing Time" at the world famous Edinburgh festival. She was rewarded for her efforts with a best actress nomination. She also starred in the American debut of Michael Weller's intense drama "What the Night Is For", a role, which garnered her a Garland award.In June 2007 Yard Dog Press published an account of the her life to date titled "My Life With Geeks and Freaks" which she wrote as a thank you to her sci fi fans. On the fiction side of things, in May 2007, she had two short stories published by Under The Moon.In 2012 Claudia's memoir; "Babylon Confidential" came out to mostly 5 star reviews, benbella Books published it.In 2014 her YA Sci Fi Military novel "Wolf's Empire" , with writing partner Morgan Grant Buchanan, will be released by Tor (Mcmillan) Claudia is represented for fiction by Frank Weiman at The Literary Group in NYC and David Fugate with Launch books for non fiction.From 2010 to 2013 Claudia starred in the Showtime series "Look" then did a flurry of television roles in shows like Nip/Tuck, Grimm, Criminal Minds, Prodigy Bully and many more. She conti
